Beacons of Spiritual Light
by Sunil Sarpal BHAI AND BHAV This is a very sensitive subject. ‘BHAI’ (dar) stands for ‘fear’ from God and ‘BHAV’ (bhavna) stands for Love for God. Since God is all-pervading, one should always do his...
Category: Spirituality
Resurrection and the significance of Easter and Pesach
Resurrection is the symbolic transcendence of all that dead and deadening stuff, a new awakening of hope and joy.
Pesach or Passover is a Jewish festival that celebrates liberation from bondage, oppression, and dependency. In the great story of deliverance (Exodus in the Torah).
Should human birth be wasted in mundane affairs?
By Sunil Sarpal We are spritual beings under-going human experience This is a very sensitive subject, but mostly people do not understand the importance attached to it. Human form is at top of the...
What is Paramatma?
By Sunil Sarpal Paramatma defines as Param Atma (first soul). When nothing existed, no creation, Param Atma appeared. With his discretion, every thing was created vis 1) Earth 2) Ocean 3) Sky 4) Forests etc. etc. The evolution of...
The world now needs a healing touch
These are the post pandemic times when wellness has become the most spoken, admired, coveted and desired word. Never has the quest for people to feel well, comforted, at ease within themselves, healthy, stress...
Mainu Ki!
When we pass thru a market place and come across a beggar, a weak sounds resonates the ears “Allah Ke Naam Pe De De” . Listening to this, we murmur ourselves “Mainu Ki!”. How...
What is Meditation / Vanisha Uppal
Mediation is much more than just breathing techniques. Kriya mediation technique provides a combination involving breath, awareness, mantras, energy centers (chakras) and observing one’s own thoughts.
Mahavir Jayanti in the Times of Corona-ed World / Neelam Jain
The current state of the world is very appropriately reflected by the opening lines of Charles Dickens famous novel A Tale of Two Cities: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, …” It tells about a time of chaos, conflicts, and despair, as well as happiness. It, in fact, tells us about the time of extreme opposites without any in-betweens.
The Oil Pots on the Head / Vanisha Uppal
Vishnu, again bragging about his success. God congratulated him and then asked, “How many times did you remember me in the middle of this job?” Narad realized not even once.
I loved this story, and read it again and again. The daily struggle involves us in such a way that we don’t realize when the day started and when it got an end. There was no doubt left in me that this simple thing is not so simple “To relax in the middle of our daily responsibilities”. And relationship worries steal away the remaining peace of our mind. It got crystal clear in my head that it demands efforts to be effortless.
Tale of a Courageous Single Mother / Vanisha Uppal
Since my daughter was born, my life completely changed like most of the females in India. I gained much weight yet I was weak from inside. I did my best for my child and family. In the middle of it, it was usual disagreement with my husband, no closeness, and difficult to communicate, that made the life bad to worse.